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Specimens of the British poets - Page 239
by British poets - 1809
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The Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1836 - 150 pages
...learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn...resignation gently slopes the way ; .And all his prospects bright'ning to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past. Sweet was the sound, when oft,...
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Poems. Dramas. Criticism relating to poetry and the belles-lettres

Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 582 pages
...fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; Nor surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring...unperceiv'd decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; (1) [The same phrase occurs in Collins's second eclogue : — " Ve mute companions of my toils, that...
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The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, with an account of ..., Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pages
...fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep; Nor surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring...befriending virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - Medicine in literature - 1839 - 360 pages
...; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, 5 And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore...resignation gently slopes the way ; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past ! Sweet was the sound, when oft...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 pages
...; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, 5 And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore...unperceiv'd decay, ~ While resignation gently slopes the way ; 5 ' By struggling with misfortunes we are sure to receive some wound in the conflict ; the only method...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1839 - 550 pages
...fly Т For him no wretches, born to work and weep. Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep; Nor interview? I'm certain he scarce looked in my face...bashfulness, is pretty well too. He has good sense, Sink« to the grave with unperccived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; Ami, all his...
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Poems and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; Nor surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate : But on he moves...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 2

English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep ; Nor surly porter stands, in guilty state, To spurn imploring...befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; And, all his prospects bright'ning to...
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The Miscellaneous Works of O.G.: To which is Prefixed Some Account of His ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1840 - 504 pages
...ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore...dangerous deep ; No surly porter stands in guilty state, Tp spurn imploring famine from the gate : But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...fly? For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep; Nor surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring...the gate : But on he moves to meet his latter end, A ngels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation...
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